Easy Riddles
What month of the year has 28 days?
All of them
What has lots of eyes, but can’t see?
A potato
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven
What five-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
Short
What is so fragile that saying its name breaks it?
Silence.
What question can you never answer yes to?
Are you asleep yet?
What has legs, but doesn’t walk?
A table
If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
What begins with an “e” and only contains one letter?
An envelope
The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?
A coffin.
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
What kind of band never plays music?
A rubber band
What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?
One, two and three
What would you find in the middle of Toronto?
The letter “o”
I have lakes with no water, mountains with no stone and cities with no buildings. What am I?
A map.
There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?
There aren’t any—it’s a one-story house.
What runs all around a backyard, yet never moves?
A fence
Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?
Neither—they both weigh a ton
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What is it?
The letter “r”
With pointed fangs I sit and wait; with piercing force I crunch out fate; grabbing victims, proclaiming might; physically joining with a single bite. What am I?
A stapler.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible?
All the people on the boat are married.
What has a bottom at the top?
Your legs
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers
A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?
Dozens
What does man love more than life, hate more than death or mortal strife; that which contented men desire; the poor have, the rich require; the miser spends, the spendthrift saves, and all men carry to their graves?
Nothing.